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Furry and Feathered Friends Get New Home

Almost 250 of Jefferson County’s animals settled into their new home morning when the Table Mountain Animal Center officially moved into the new Foothills Animal Shelter. Caravan by caravan arrived full of animals ready to be loaded off into new homes as nearly 100 staff, volunteers and Jefferson County animal control officers executed the carefully orchestrated five-hour move. The new 30,000-square-foot facility more than doubles the size of the old building and includes a surgery suite with the capacity for two simultaneous surgeries. There are now six yards for volunteers and staff to play with and train the dogs. Cats are either in private three-story kennels or a communal colony with climbing apparatus. In preparation for the move, Table Mountain Animal Center held an Adopt-A-Thon and adopted out 165 animals. Left to make the move were turtles, an iguana, a duck, cats, dogs of all shapes, sizes and ages, gerbils, rabbits and ferrets.[insertSlideshowjava xml="http://dpphoto.slideshowpro.com/images.php?album=128529" api="dp"]